Chapter 21
Inside Mount Weather.
The little group has made it to where they had to split up. It seems like all the guards were busy with Clarke and Lexa´s attack on the main door. They could hear the sounds of gunfire coming from that direction.
"Good luck" Bellamy says to the two not coming with him. He was glad that Monroe had let up on the hatred for her former foe. They needed to work as a team.
"You too" Murphy nods to the others and the two small groups head off.
Murphy hadn´t had a chance to get Monroe alone yet, and he sure this was not the time or the place to say anything. But as they walked down the corridor it was all so quiet - where were all the people? – He decided to go for it.
"Listen Monroe", he touched her shoulder to made her stop, "just hold on for a second"
"Hey, we don't´ have time for a chat at this exact moment you know", Her answer is quick but not unfriendly.
"I agree, I just have something to say very quickly," he continues before Monroe can protest."
"Raven told me you had a chat, and I want to say that I really appreciate what you said to her-That´s it". Murphy didn´t want to elaborate. Both because of the situation they were in but also that he just doesn't want to drag any of that stuff up again. Monroe had been through enough because of him. She doesn´t have time to reply as they hear the faint sound of two people talking in the distance.
Whoever it is seems to be walking in their direction.
"Hurry, we can hide under there", Monroe points to a large tarp covering some barrels towards the sidewall of the corridor. They crouch down under it just in time.
"….plans to do several procedures right now, so we need to prep more. That man really has no scruples", Murphy can hear one of them say as they pass. His heart sinks - they were talking about their friends. She must mean the bone marrow procedure. Abby had explained that it was a very complex procedure if you wanted the subject to live. Murphy wasn´t sure anyone here would care about that detail, especially if they already were under attack.
"Change of plans. They have moved some of them, we need to follow these two idiots", he whispers.
They quietly follow the two mountain people in medical scrubs.
It´s not easy to hear their conversation from behind, but they pick up a snippet about two procedures already done and the kids were goners. Shit, Murphy thinks, would they be there in time? Honestly he was mostly worried if any of the two procedures had been Jasper or Monty.
Bellamy and Lincoln have not met anyone on their way to the storage room with all the cages. Lincoln carries the two bolt cutters while Bellamy has the gun had managed to copy the key card they had used last time, so Murphy had the other one. Hopefully it still worked.
Murphy and Monroe follow the two people in scrubs to a room very close to where Maya had told them their friends were being kept. Monroe wondered where she was and if she was safe. She really had come through.
Through the small mesh window in the door they can see that the room is some sort of medical facility and that there is an operation in progress. Who is that on that table, Murphy can´t tell. Panicked he looks around and sees a cupboard filled with used scrubs and he grabs one. "I´ll go in there, you wait here". The scrubs are disgusting but he gets them on and enters the room.
He sees what he thinks is John Cage being prepped for a procedure while the person on the other bed gives out a dazed moan. He knows that moan!
"Jasper!"
Murphy just acts on instinct when he realizes what is about to happen. He manages to shoot one the guards (who seemed surprised to be shot by one of the doctors) before he then pulls two doctors off Jasper´s bed. He can see the relief in Jasper´s eyes. The relief is it is short lived though as Cage quickly picks up the guards gun and shouts to "LEAVE THAT BOY ALONE, HE IS MINE" as he fires at Murphy.
Seconds after the first gunshot Monroe is there, and she just has time to see Murphy go down, and Cage with the gun before she reacts. She kicks the gun out of his hand and attacks with her whole body. He is a surprisingly good fighter, she wasn´t expecting that. Cage gets in a good kick to her shin and she tumbles.
She uses one of the moves Murphy taught her. From her prone position she gets up on her hands, raising her legs she uses them to wrap them round his head, flip her feet to promptly twist his neck. Just before the room of stunned doctors and a bleeding, but conscious Murphy hears the loud crack of a broken neck, there is another gunshot. Cage has somehow managed to get hold of the gun again and gets a shot off. Both he and Monroe sink down to the floor while the remaining medical staff take the opportunity to get out of there.
After all that noise the room feels deadly quiet. Murphy knows that he is in bad shape, but he needs to check on Monroe. He can feel a steady stream of blood pouring out of his shoulder but with all the adrenaline he doesn´t feel much pain.
"Murphy to Bellamy, over" He waits a second, tries again and then hears the crackling voice answer.
"Bellamy here, what´s up?"
"We ran into some trouble. Cage was about to operate on Jasper, there was a fight"
"Status?"
"Cage is dead, Monroe is shot. Jasper is alive", his voice falters a bit "I was shot too, and I´m not sure if can get the rest of our people out on my own"
The line becomes quiet for a few seconds.
"Let me get Raven to check the conditions on the outside. Maybe we can send more people in. If not I will get you myself. Do you think anyone heard or noticed?"
"Yeah, a bunch of doctors. But they didn't seem so friendly with Cage so I don´t know"
"Get Monroe and Jasper out of that room in case they come back, but keep the walkie talkie on so we can find you, and then we can find the others. We are almost finished here"
"OK" It felt good that someone else took charge. He hopes he has the strength to hide the three of them.
He checks on Monroe who is unconscious - he had seen her hurt many times before, being passed out wasn´t necessarily a problem - but what worried him was the breathing. Could the bullet have punctured a lung?
She basically saved his life!
He checks the corridor and tries the key card on a room about 20 meters down. Thankfully it is empty. First he drags Jasper - who seems just to be sedated, not hurt - then Monroe into the bare room. He is starting the feel the shoulder now, a throbbing sensation and the familiar feeling of nausea that comes with extreme pain. But Monroe is worse off than him, he just knows it. He had taken some bandages and disinfectant from the other room and did his best for Monroe and then himself. "Maybe Jasper will wake soon", is his last thought before passing out.